Thomas Jefferson

From the original letter at the Library of Congress. Rotherham, Yorkshire July 13, 1789 Dear Sir I have not yet received my answer to my two last, the one by Messrs Parker & Cutting, the other by Post with the particulars of Ledyard’s death from Sir Joseph Banks and Mr. Beasley. The Messrs Walkers and […]

From the original letter at the Library of Congress. London June 18th 1789 Dear Sir I wrote you last night by Mr. Parker & this morning received the following from Sir Joseph Banks “Sir Jos. Banks sends his compts. to Mr. Paine and has the honor for his and Mr. Jefferson’s information to inclose the

From the original at the Library of Congress. London June 17th, 1789 Dear Sir I received your last to the 21st May. I am just now informed of Msrs. Parker and Cutting setting off tomorrow morn for Paris by whom this will be delivered to you — Nothing new is showing here — The trial

From the original letter at the Library of Congress. Explanatory Circumstances 1 — The lost dispatches are dated Octr 6th & Oct 7th. — they were sent by a private hand, — that is, they were not sent by the post. — Capt. Folger had the charge of them. — They were all under one

From the original letter at the Library of Congress. April 10th Msrs. Parker and Rumsey having set off for Paris prevented me the opportunity of sending you the former part — Your favor of March 17th. came safe to hand for which I am obliged to you. The King of England continues in his amended

To Thomas Jefferson February 26th, 1789 & March 12, 1789 No. 13 BROAD STREET BUILDINGS DEAR SIR: A few days ago I received a letter from Mr. Foljambe in which he says “I saw the Rib of your Bridge. In point of elegance and beauty it far exceeded my expectations, and is certainly beyond anything

To Thomas Jefferson February, 16th, 1789 No. 13, BROAD STREET BUILDINGS (LONDON, ENGLAND), DEAR SIR: Your favor of the 23rd February continued to the 11th of January came safe to hand for which I thank you. I begin this without knowing of any opportunity of conveyance, and shall follow the method of your letter by

From the original letter from the Library of Congress. After I got home, being alone and wanting amusement I sat down to explain to myself (for there is such a thing) my Ideas of natural and civil rights and the distinction between them — I send them to you to see how nearly we agree

From the original letter at the Library of Congress. London Dec.16 1788 Dear Sir I write you by Mr. Quesney — I also wrote you a long letter of (I believe) 14 or 16 pages enclosing a Philadelphia News paper with the account of the Procession on the 4th of July. I requested Mr. Bartholemy

From the original letter at the Library of Congress. Sepr. 15th — This letter was intended to go by the last dispatches of Mr, Bartholemey but was late — I have since seen a New-York paper of the 8th of August in which there is a circular letter from the Convention of New-York signed by

From the original letter at the Library of Congress. London, Broad Street Building, No. 13, Sep. 9th, 1788 Dear Sir That I am a bad correspondent is so general a Complaint against me, that I must expect the same accusation from you — But hear me first. — When there is no matter to write

From the original letter at the Library of Congress. Dear Sir I enclose you a Problem not about Bridges but Trees, and to explain my meaning I begin with a fountain. The Idea seems far-fetched, but fountains and Trees are in my walk to Challiot — Suppose Fig. 1 is a fountain — It is